Deric Bownds
These articles, from Deric's MindBlog at http://mindblog.dericbownds.net report new ideas and work on mind, brain, and behavior - as well as random curious stuff.
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Deric Bownds' MindBlog
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/
This blog reports new ideas and work on mind, brain, and behavior - as well as random curious stuff.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2544 )
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Nocebo Effect - the Harm Expectations Can Do.
A piece by Enck and Häuser in the NYTimes summarizes (and links to) their paper in Deutsche Ärzteblatt Internationa reviewing 31 studies on how fearful... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Simple Mechanisms Can Generate Wealth Inequality.
The Chaos Seminar lunch group at the University of Wisconsin, organized by physicist Clint Sprott and poet Robin Chapman, has been doing a discussion of power... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
The Anxious Idiot
Following in the vein of last Friday's self-helpy post I thought I would note Daniel Smith's quirky Op-Ed piece in the NYTimes about his chronic anxiety, his... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A Friday Homily - "Symptoms of Inner Peace"
During a random walk of the web, which I do rather infrequently, I came across this piece by Saskia Davis, which, at the risk of being maudlin, I pass on. It... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE